The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-28
FROM CACHE COUNTY.
A Strong Argument for a Cur
few Law.
THEVlCTIMS OF THE DEPUTIG s.
LORan's Reading Room Dramatic
Note nisRracefnI Dist urbsnce
at SnithfisId Other News.

In taking stroll around town, al
| most any ght between the hours of 8
and 10, ore is struck not favorablY by
any means, with the number of boys
seen playing and roaming about the
streets, many of whom are so young as
to appear to have but shortly jumped
out of their skirts. It is not an un
frequent occurrence to see as many as
ten or fifteen in a crowd. out in the
middle of the highway. hooting and
yelling like so many demons just set
free, and making the dust fly in dis
agreeable and suffooating clouds. A
fractions horse is often t. mpted to
make a bolt for liberty, On suddenly
turning corner and coming upon one
of these scenes. A person not initiated,
glsnces at this peculiar spectacle. won
d ring if the cloud of dust envelopes
dog fight, bull fight, the crater of
volcano which has Just burst forth, or
smatterlng of each. The combine
ton of earth aud humanity seems SO
completely interviewer, that the OBJ
server, not waiting to solve the
problem, rusnes on, to save himself
from being caught in the jaws of the
unknown or covered with the descend
ing dust.
Why don't our city fathers add to
their code a curfew law. prohibiting
children of certain age from being out
after designated hour. unless accom-
panied by competent person? This
undoubtedly would coun eract the
evil, and the boys would be at home,
no doubt cultiVating their minds. in place
of hanging around saloons and other
unfit localities, picking up all sorts of
bad habits aud ungentlemanly language
which is inevitable, unless restraint
of some kind is imposed. Let us have
this law, vigorously enforced at once
In an eloquent address delivered by
Bishop PItkln at the Young Ladies' Con.
renee last Saturday, among other
things, he ref. rred to the young girls |
forming not always casual, aoquaint- |
ances with comp arative strangers, and |
being led on blinoly by them, probably |
may in time end in their utter ruin. |
Spoke with reference to number of |
these girls who make themselves |
altogether too numerous" at the |
depot during train time, forming at
tschme"ts with the train men, some
even going so far as to take long rides
on The Train under the care and guild
ance of these oily-tongued rascsls. The
question arises, do these "mashers'
(tast is what they term themselves when |
b asting of their numerous conquests) |
exI ect DO reciprocation for all those |
little civilitles, ETC., rendered the other |
party3 Many poor girl, perhaps'even |
in this Territory, could answer, by |
giving the ultimatum of just such pro-
offered by Bishop Pitkin we're quite ap- |
"ropriate; and the time is opportune |
Dr such an address, as it is we'll known |
TACT, that several of the girls are becom
log frequent and conspicuous visitors |
at the railroad station.
Deputies Steele and MILESTONE made |
four arrests last Wednesday. Paterson |
Griffiths and Thomas bruce, both of |
Hyde Park we're roped in on the pre-
vailing CHARGE. the former was bound |
over and the latter taken to Ogden,
there having been an indictment found |
against him. Niels Nicholson was also |
caught up and landed in the Commits
sioner's Office, where he was b3und |
over. Marin Stark, of Brigham City,
was arrested by the same officers for |
obtaining money under false pretenses,
the complaint having been made by |
Mel Bell, person who has figured |
very extensively in our police court for
such petty offeuses as stealing,
inebriety and profanity. After having
a hearing before United States Attor-
ney Goodwin, Mr.. Stark was dis
charged.
Now that the long, wintry nights are
the reading room which
has been closed since last spring, should
be reopened. This place was well
patronized last winter, the stock of
books selected from those of the best
authors, and the leading Territorial
papers, magazines, etc., attracting
general attention. A debating society
held weekly meetings in the reading
room, which called forth large and ap-
preciative audiences. Our eloquent
young men should "whoop'er up"
again right away.
Just think of it, we are soon TO be
favored with drama by our local com.
pany, which bobs up, presents some
startling drama, then passes into obi
Won, perhaps for months at stretch,
then up it pops again. A good organiza-
ton could make money by placing on
the boards an interesting comedy or
melodramG regularly this winter, say
semi-monthly or every three weeks.
MILES